dalex
1/3/2019
What if books were not meant to be read for pleasure but were instead a place to hide (and forget) your secrets?
Emmett Farmer is apprenticed to an elderly lady to train as a binder, a person who is both destined and trained to capture people's secrets and hide them away in a book. Emmett - and the reader - slowly discover that there is much more to his story than a simple apprenticeship. He also has secrets and there are powerful people who are very invested in keeping those secrets locked away forever. The Binding is a story about choices and consequences and, unexpectedly, love.
It is a mesmerizing book, beautifully written and brilliantly executed. One of my Top Ten in 2018, I recommend it wholeheartedly to those who enjoy speculative fiction and/or historical fiction.